- •§ 1. Scope of application of Act
- •§ 2. Definition, principles and form of health insurance
- •§ 3. Insurer
- •§ 4. Health promotion
- •§ 5. Insured person
- •§ 6. Duration of insurance cover of employees and public servants
- •§ 7. Duration of insurance cover of persons for whom social tax is paid by state or local government
- •§ 8. Duration of insurance cover of members of management or controlling bodies of legal persons
- •§ 9. Duration of insurance cover of persons receiving remuneration or service fees on basis of contract under law of obligations
- •§ 91. Duration of insurance cover of persons receiving unemployment insurance benefit
- •§ 10. Duration of insurance cover of sole proprietors entered in register
- •§ 11. Duration of insurance cover of persons considered equal to insured persons
- •§ 12. Specifications concerning duration of insurance cover of persons considered equal to insured persons
- •§ 13. Submission of documents and information
- •§ 14. Liability of persons obligated to submit documents
- •§ 15. Health insurance database
- •§ 16. Chief processor and authorised processor of health insurance database
- •§ 17. Information to be entered in health insurance database
- •§ 18. Right to collect information
- •§ 19. Entries in health insurance database
- •§ 20. Statutes for maintenance of health insurance database
- •§ 21. Proof of insurance cover
- •§ 22. Persons considered equal to insured persons on basis of contract
- •§ 23. Application of Acts
- •§ 24. Conditions under which person is considered equal to insured persons on basis of contract
- •§ 25. Definition and types of health insurance benefit
- •§ 26. Right of recourse of health insurance fund
- •§ 27. Territorial effect of health insurance benefits
- •16.12.04 Entered into force 1.01.05 - rt I 2004, 89, 614
- •§ 28. Restrictions on receipt of health insurance benefits
- •§ 29. Scope of insurance cover
- •§ 30. List of health services of health insurance fund
- •§ 31. Amendment of list of health services
- •§ 32. Payment to health care providers
- •§ 33. Dental care benefit for insured person under 19 years of age
- •§ 34. Disease prevention
- •§ 35. Contract for financing medical treatment
- •§ 36. Entry into contract for financing medical treatment
- •§ 37. Conditions of contract for financing medical treatment
- •§ 38. Waiting list
- •§ 39. Assumption of obligations
- •§ 40. Right to second opinion
- •§ 41. Scope of insurance cover in case of benefits for medicinal products
- •§ 42. Reference price, price agreement, basic rate of cost-sharing and maximum rate of benefit for medicinal products
- •§ 43. List of medicinal products
- •§ 44. Discount rates for medicinal products
- •§ 45. Entry into price agreement
- •§ 46. Assumption of obligations to pay for the sale of medicinal products
- •§ 47. Supplementary benefit for medicinal products.
- •§ 48. Scope of insurance cover in case of benefits for medical devices
- •§ 481. Amendment of list of medical devices
- •§ 49. Assumption of obligation to pay for medical devices and contracts with sellers
- •§ 50. Definition and types of benefit for temporary incapacity for work
- •§ 51. Insured event of temporary incapacity for work
- •§ 52. Certificate of incapacity for work
- •§ 53. Procedure for grant and payment of benefit for temporary incapacity for work
- •§ 54. Size of benefit for temporary incapacity for work
- •§ 55. Calculation of average income per calendar day
- •§ 56. Right to receive benefit for temporary incapacity for work
- •17.12.08 Entered into force 1.07.09 - rt I 2009, 5, 35
- •§ 57. Period of time serving as basis for calculation of sickness benefit
- •§ 58. Period of time serving as basis for calculation of maternity benefit or adoption benefit
- •§ 59. Period of time serving as basis for calculation of care benefit
- •§ 60. Restriction on right to receive benefit for temporary incapacity for work
- •§ 61. Prohibition on permitting insured person who is temporarily incapacitated for work to assume employment or service
- •§ 62. Rights of health insurance fund upon payment of benefit for temporary incapacity for work
- •§ 63. Adult dental care benefit
- •§ 64. (Repealed - 16.12.04 entered into force 1.01.05 - rt I 2004, 89, 614)
- •§ 65. Documents necessary for receipt of adult dental care benefit
- •§ 66. Connection between adult dental care benefit and specific period of time
- •§ 67. Additional fee and prohibition on extension of additional fee
- •§ 68. Obligation to provide health service in standard conditions of accommodation
- •§ 69. Fee for home visit
- •§ 70. Visit fee and additional cost-sharing upon payment for out-patient specialised medical care
- •§ 72. Maximum rate of visit fee and in-patient fee
- •§ 73. Fee for issue of documents
- •§ 74. Repeal of Republic of Estonia Health Insurance Act
- •§ 75. Amendment of Republic of Estonia Employment Contracts Act
- •§ 76. Amendment of Wages Act
- •§ 77. Amendment of Public Service Act
- •§ 78. Amendment of Medicinal Products Act
- •§ 79. Amendment of Mental Health Act
- •§ 80. Amendment of State Fees Act
- •§ 81. Amendment of Income Tax Act
- •§ 82. Amendment of Estonian Health Insurance Fund Act
- •§ 83. Amendment of Social Tax Act
- •§ 84. Amendment of Holidays Act
- •§ 85. Amendment of State Liability Act
- •§ 86. Amendment of Health Services Organisation Act
- •§ 87. Amendment of Value Added Tax Act
- •§ 88. Calculation of average income per calendar day until entry into force of § 55 of this Act
- •§ 89. Transitional provisions
- •§ 90. Entry into force of Act
§ 50. Definition and types of benefit for temporary incapacity for work
(1) Benefit for temporary incapacity for work is financial compensation paid by the health insurance fund to an insured person on the basis of a certificate of incapacity for work in cases where the person does not receive income subject to individually registered social tax due to a temporary release from the his or her duties or economic or professional activity.
(28.06.2004 entered into force 01.08.2004 - RT I 2004, 56, 400)
(2) A benefit for temporary incapacity for work shall not be paid to persons covered by insurance on the bases specified in clauses 5 (2) 3) and 6) or subsection 5 (4) of this Act or to persons considered equal to insured persons on the basis of a contract.
(28.06.2004 entered into force 01.08.2004 - RT I 2004, 56, 400)
(3) The types of benefit for temporary incapacity for work are:
1) sickness benefit;
2) maternity benefit;
3) adoption benefit;
4) care benefit.
§ 51. Insured event of temporary incapacity for work
(1) Sickness benefit is paid to an insured person in the case of the following insured events:
1) a disease or injury of the insured person in respect of which the doctor or dentist treating the person has diagnosed that the person is temporarily unable to work in his or her position or continue to perform his or her duties or his or her economic or professional activity due to the disease or injury;
2) quarantine established with regard to the insured person;
3) grant of work corresponding to the state of health of an insured person based on subsection 18 (1) of the Employment Contracts Act or temporary easement of the conditions of service of the insured person or his or her temporary transfer to another position on the basis of § 51 of the Public Service Act;
(17.12.08 entered into force 1.07.09 - RT I 2009, 5, 35)
4) refusal from work by the insured person based on subsection 18 (2) of the Employment Contracts Act or temporary release of the person from the performance of his or her duties of service on the basis of § 51 of the Public Service Act.
(17.12.08 entered into force 1.07.09 - RT I 2009, 5, 35)
(2) The insured event in respect of which maternity benefit is paid to an insured person is the pregnancy and maternity leave of the insured person. Maternity benefit is paid to persons specified in clauses 5 (2) 4) or 5) or subsection 5 (3) of this Act without pregnancy and maternity leave.
(3) The insured event in respect of which adoption benefit is paid to an insured person is the adoptive parents leave of the insured person. Adoption benefit is paid to persons specified in clauses 5 (2) 4) or 5) or subsection 5 (3) of this Act without adoptive parents leave.
(4) Care benefit is paid to an insured person in respect of the following insured events:
1) nursing a child under 12 years of age;
2) nursing a family member who is ill at home;
3) caring for a child under 3 years of age or for a disabled child under 16 years of age when the person caring for the child is himself or herself ill or is receiving obstetrical care.